Douglas Mapfumo

Douglas Carl Tinashe Mapfumo (born 1 March 2000) is a Zimbabwean football player who plays as a forward for Polokwane City.^[1]

Douglas Mapfumo

Personal information
Full name	Douglas Carl Tinashe Mapfumo
Date of birth	(2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Harare, Zimbabwe
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Polokwane City
Number	19
Youth career
	CAPS United
	Legends Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	Bidvest Wits	0	(0)
2020–2021	Cape Umoya United	21	(2)
2021–2022	Cape Town City	5	(0)
2022	→ Cape Town All Stars (loan)	0	(0)
2022–2023	Black Leopards	9	(1)
2023–	Polokwane City	24	(3)
International career‡
	Zimbabwe U17
	Zimbabwe U20
2024–	Zimbabwe	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2025

Mapfumo was a youth player at CAPS United and spent time at the Legends Academy before he earned a move to South African club Bidvest Wits, following tryouts.^[2]

He was picked up by Cape Town City in 2021.^[3] The stay was meagre, including a loan spell at Cape Town All Stars without any matches played. He played for Black Leopards in 2022–23 before moving back to the Premier Division with Polokwane City in 2023.^[4][5] In his first season, he helped Polowane City survive in the Premier Soccer League.^[6]

Owing to his "decent" 2023–24 season with Polokwane City, he was called up to Zimbabwe's national team for the first time in 2024.^[7][8][9] As the national team changed manager to Michael Nees, Mapfumo was briefly omitted from the squad before being called up again.^[10]